Youth Voice Research

Children and young people are at the heart of our work - shaping, informing and driving the strategies and interventions that affect them.

We recently welcomed a Youth Voice Research Assistant to our team and appointed Eski,  a leading social impact media and marketing agency, to help us understand how youth voice is currently being captured across the Humber region.

This insight will shape our future activity and make sure that violence prevention work is informed by the young people it affects.

Keep reading to learn more about the research and how you can get involved.

Meet Chloe

We're delighted to welcome Chloe Hunter to our team as a Youth Voice Research Assistant. Chloe will use her excellent research and engagement skills to support our public health approach to serious violence prevention, with a focus on youth voice.

Along with supporting Eski's research, Chloe will consult with youth justice cohorts to understand the support needs of these children and young people.

Chloe said: “As someone who has always truly believed that preventing crime through the right education and support is the best way forward, to be given the chance to be part of work that aims to do that excites me.

"I hope to create a clear map of who is there to help those individuals that need it and support them to have a voice of change within their community - for now and future generations."

To contact Chloe or the wider Humber VPP team, click the button below.

About the Research

We're aware that a wide range of youth voice and engagement activity already exists across the Humber region, with many groups and organisations actively engaging children and young people.

We also recognise that significant work has already been carried out to understand their perceptions of safety and violence in their communities. However, young people have consistently told us they are frustrated with being repeatedly consulted without seeing meaningful change as a result.

This project aims to avoid duplication, value what has already been said and identify how we can act on it more effectively.

By bringing together voices, insights and valuable work from across different locations, sectors and communities, we're aiming to drive genuine, system-level change in how we embed young people’s voices in violence prevention work.

Get Involved

Becky Todd, Youth Engagement Lead at Eski, said: "We know many organisations already do vital work to engage and advocate for young people. This work is not about duplicating or re-running engagement.

"For this project, Eski is mapping existing youth voice activity, with a particular interest in:

• Insight that young people have already shared about safety, harm, confidence in public spaces and experiences of violence (e.g. consultations, reports, campaigns and creative outputs)
• How organisations currently involve young people in shaping their work
• Recommendations from young people and practitioners about how ongoing youth voice could be strengthened and sustained across the system

"The final output will be shared so that partners across the Humber region can benefit from a clearer, more connected understanding of what young people are saying and what is already working.

"If you are open to a short conversation, Eski would welcome the chance to speak at a time that suits you over the next few weeks. This could be as light-touch as a 20 to 30-minute call. We may then identify opportunity to do something more in-depth in the new year. Alternatively, we can send through a short form for completion.

"Thank you for everything you are already doing to support young people. We are keen to listen, learn and make sure that the voices and leadership of young people are central to shaping violence prevention in the Humber region."